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Monday, January 23, 2012

A FAIR CHANCE FOR ALL BAKING BOOKS

Like some teachers have their "pets", I have some favorite
baking books that I always turn to when I'm looking for new recipes.

These books have old envelopes, supermarket receipts, movie tickets, and
other odd papers stuck between pages as markers, my own volume/weight
conversions (or corrections), and lots of scribbled comments.

And, they
are also graded with stars, enthusiastic exclamation marks, or a
scathing: "Not that great!"

Then there are The Others, bought or received as presents, that, for
some reasons, never captured my attention.

Either because they have no
appetizing photos, their layout is too dull, their
write-up too boring (yes, I am that shallow!), or I just forgot all
about them.

They end up in a dark corner of my bookshelf, forsaken and
forlorn, probably hiding treasures that no one will ever know in the
Anderson house - and NOBODY CARES!

This shameful negligence has to come to an end - these books are
people, too! They, too, deserve a chance to be looked at, taken
seriously, and, maybe, supply the next candidate for Karin's Bread Hall
of Fame.

So my New Year's Resolution is this Equal Opportunity Pledge - fair treatment of all
my bakingbooks, every one shall have a chance, no more "pet baking",
but equal opportunity for all those disadvantaged recipe collections,
that never saw the light of my kitchen!

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Welcome to Karin's Bäckerei!

I'd love to share with you my favorite recipes, from my native Germany, and my new home in Maine. Baking is my passion, especially breads. But, on the other hand: Life is uncertain - eat the dessert first!